Reaping the whirlwind
Open letter to Wallace Hayes, editor-in-chief, Food and Chemical Toxicology, and ElsevierYour decision to retract the paper “Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant...
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Commodity trading
It is a great shame that Jim O’Neill’s recent article, seemingly helpful to the UK and its universities, fails to acknowledge its own particular ideological stance (“Mind power: in BRICs and MINTs,...
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High interest statement
In his Autumn Statement, Chancellor George Osborne said: “So today I can announce that next year we will provide 30,000 more student places – and the year after we will abolish the cap on student...
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Truly hostile environment
Phil Clark’s recent article in ߣߣƵ strongly implies that foreign scholars – like us – who claim that it is difficult to do careful field research in post-genocide Rwanda do not...
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Pretty vacant in pink study
Steven Rose’s excellent article is a much-needed antidote to the “neuro” fad (“Grey matters”, 12 December). I listened recently to a repeated BBC Radio 4 programme about little girls’ preference for...
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Cameron’s careless Chinese whispers
On 5 December, during an official visit to China, Prime Minister David Cameron was widely reported to have advised UK school pupils to “look beyond…French and German” and to start Mandarin lessons...
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Hopes and fears of all the year
It’s been bedlam out there in 2013: Russell Group a-rising, visa plans off-putting - and still not enough ladies leading
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The week in higher education - 19 December 2013
As Christmas nears, the papers soak up booze-related stories like sponges. On 13 December, The Daily Telegraph reported a claim in a British Medical Journal paper that James Bond’s martini intake –...
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Expert voices raise alarm over capless costs
Hepi head and HE analyst tell MPs that coalition sums don’t add up
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‘Bursary’ means nothing to disadvantaged pupils
Targets for financial support don’t know terminology, research finds
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UK research knocks out competition in impact ring
UK research is punching above its weight in impact terms, according to a report prepared by Elsevier for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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Graduate earnings: ‘human capital’ gains subject to scrutiny
‘Manhattan Project’ that some think could pave the way for variable fees proceeds with Nuffield funding
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EPSRC clawback may fund extra PhD training centres
Research council hopes to claw back cash to fund centres that missed out during initial bidding process
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Job cuts may stretch services to City limit
UCU fears more support staff will be forced out to cover REF recruitment costs